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Democracy & Freedom Watch, Republic of Georgia
Aug 17 2012
Busy season for Georgia's mountain rescue workers
by Mari Nikuradze | Aug 18
TBILISI, DFWatch - Georgian rescue workers have conducted three
separated operations to save foreign climbers stuck in the Georgian
mountains.
One Russian climber slipped when he was going out of his tent. He fell
down from the cliff and died. The other two in his team managed to
call for help.
Rescuers brought the two Russian climbers and the body down to Mestia,
the center of the Svaneti region.
Meanwhile there was another operation on Ushba, which is in the
Caucasian mountains, also in Svaneti. An Armenian climber spent
several days alone at 4 500 meters' height. Rescuers were searching
for him for two days.
It was unable to reach him because of bad weather and difficult conditions.
Information about Andranik Miribiani was first reported on social
websites and in Armenian media. News.am reported on August 10 that
this climber waited several days for rescue workers to arrive.
The Armenian climber was saying that he was ready to wait several more
days if he knew for sure that the rescuers would come. Otherwise, he
was planning to to take the risk of going straight down.
Georgia and Armenia agreed to send an additional helicopter from
Armenia to find the climber. The problem was that this person didn't
have appropriate equipment to descend.
The Armenian climber finally encountered rescue workers on August 13
and were taken down to Mestia.
Another operation was conducted in the Lentekhi area. Five Italians
couldn't move on from 2 400 meters' height. They were taken down to
Lentekhi in a helicopter.
Earlier on August 7, four Russian climbers were rescued also from
mountains in the Svaneti region.
Two Ukrainian climbers died on the mountain of Ushba. Four Ukrainians
had gone to Georgian mountains on July 13. 3 600 meters up a rope
severed, from which the two climbers Alexandre Taranik and Dimitry
Voloshin were suspended. They first were announced lost, then found
dead.
This time of the year Georgian mountains are especially attractive to
tourists as they arrive here to climb the highest mountains of
Caucasus mountain range.
http://dfwatch.net/busy-season-for-georgias-mountain-rescue-workers-24059
Aug 17 2012
Busy season for Georgia's mountain rescue workers
by Mari Nikuradze | Aug 18
TBILISI, DFWatch - Georgian rescue workers have conducted three
separated operations to save foreign climbers stuck in the Georgian
mountains.
One Russian climber slipped when he was going out of his tent. He fell
down from the cliff and died. The other two in his team managed to
call for help.
Rescuers brought the two Russian climbers and the body down to Mestia,
the center of the Svaneti region.
Meanwhile there was another operation on Ushba, which is in the
Caucasian mountains, also in Svaneti. An Armenian climber spent
several days alone at 4 500 meters' height. Rescuers were searching
for him for two days.
It was unable to reach him because of bad weather and difficult conditions.
Information about Andranik Miribiani was first reported on social
websites and in Armenian media. News.am reported on August 10 that
this climber waited several days for rescue workers to arrive.
The Armenian climber was saying that he was ready to wait several more
days if he knew for sure that the rescuers would come. Otherwise, he
was planning to to take the risk of going straight down.
Georgia and Armenia agreed to send an additional helicopter from
Armenia to find the climber. The problem was that this person didn't
have appropriate equipment to descend.
The Armenian climber finally encountered rescue workers on August 13
and were taken down to Mestia.
Another operation was conducted in the Lentekhi area. Five Italians
couldn't move on from 2 400 meters' height. They were taken down to
Lentekhi in a helicopter.
Earlier on August 7, four Russian climbers were rescued also from
mountains in the Svaneti region.
Two Ukrainian climbers died on the mountain of Ushba. Four Ukrainians
had gone to Georgian mountains on July 13. 3 600 meters up a rope
severed, from which the two climbers Alexandre Taranik and Dimitry
Voloshin were suspended. They first were announced lost, then found
dead.
This time of the year Georgian mountains are especially attractive to
tourists as they arrive here to climb the highest mountains of
Caucasus mountain range.
http://dfwatch.net/busy-season-for-georgias-mountain-rescue-workers-24059